Re: need help setting up network


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Joe


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <B7FB15AE-5F29-4753-9DEA-C148B1338B91@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joe
<Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've got a desktop, running Windows XP ME, that connects to the internet
successfully via ethernet to a Linksis Wireless G router w/4 port switch. My
laptop, also running Windows XP ME, connects successfully to the internet
via the same Linksis router whether by WiFi or ethernet. I just can't get
the two computers to talk to each other. I've run the Network Wizzard on
both to no avail. I've hook them up directly to each other before and had
that network working. But throw in the router and it's no deal. Any ideas
on what I might need to do?

Thanks,

Joe

What connection method did you specify to the Network Setup Wizard?
The right one for your setup is "This computer connects to the
Internet through a residential gateway or through another computer on
my network". Other options can block file and printer sharing.

Configure any firewall program (Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm, etc) to
allow access by other computers on the local area network.
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Thanks for the reply Steve. I've tried your suggestions to no avail. Someone else had suggested that I use msconfig to eliminate everything at startup to make sure a firewall wasn't running. I tried that and that also did not work. I thought things were finally working when an icon for my desktop showed up on my laptop. However when I click on it I get the error message:

"Desktop is not available. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions.

The network path was not found."

Meanwhile my desktop is giving me another error message:

"Home is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions.

The list servers for this workgroup is not currently available."

I've gotten similar error messages on my laptop ending with "Directory
Services not running"

If it is of any value my desktop is just two weeks old and I'm just in the
process of setting it up. My laptop is only about two months old. I tried a
patch cable between the two and could not get them to connect this way
either. I had done this with my old desktop and old laptop but not with the
two new ones. I do have the wireless network working fine, its secured,
restricted with mac addresses (for both my laptop and Palm) and encrypted.

Everything I've read on this subject points to the firewalls. I'm running
Norton Internet Security 2007 on the laptop and 2006 on the desktop. As I
stated earlier both have been turned off and for extra measure all startup
items unchecked so nothing is started with Windows. I also made sure the
Windows firewall is off in each. What's left, uninstalling them?

Thanks,

Joe
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